Posts in category the west

John Wesley Hardin, Bad or Misunderstood? John Wesley Hardin was born near Bonham, Texas on May 26, 1853 to parents James “Gip” Hardin and Mary Elizabeth Dixson. Hardin’s father was a Methodist preacher, and in those days, preachers often had huge territories to cover to save souls, so they were known as “circuit riders.” In […]

A Visit to Death Valley: Unlike Any Other Place on Earth All photos courtesy of Judy Schweitzer, from our family album, unless otherwise indicated. Death Valley is a composite of oddities and anomalies that covers an area of about 3,000 square miles of otherworldly views and scenery that may make you feel as though […]

Fresh From My Oven All Photos, unless otherwise noted, are from our family album courtesy Judy Schweitzer Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas – One of Our Family Favorites! I love Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas. I always thought they were too labor intensive to make at home, and had resigned myself only to having them at […]

Photo Credit Lake Mead America’s Largest Man Made Lake Lake Mead is located on the Colorado River between the states of Nevada and Arizona, smack in the middle of desert land. Lake Mead is America’s largest man made lake, formed when the great Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s. It’s 112 miles long […]

Women Helped Tame The West They weren’t extraordinary women, but they became extraordinary by their deeds in helping to conquer and settle new territory. They were women of the western frontier. They did it by bringing determination and respectability to an area that had none before and creating a home in the midst of […]

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